Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-07-21
TEE PA<HAEDLE.
rich OF TEE FORT WORTH AND DENvET
INTO THE NORTHWEST.
Oaansh Advance July IA.

MARCH OF TEE FORT WORTH AND DESNEl
INTO THE NORTHWEST.
Qaansh Advance July "A.
CA! aboard for tle north" cried tht
conductor Ct the construction train run
ming between Quanah and the town O
New Clarendon, { which point the tracl
III the Fort Worth Gud Denver cxtGnsiu.
has Just been completed, So q. n. last
J Slnusy morning. 0Uicg 80 the splendid
! condition Of the trace and ,bc easy grade
! the train, though consisting OF ciShteel
! cars loaded with rails. lies Gnd other con
| ~lrGCoOl liz CTial, rsn s. q rate " speed
equal TO that made by passenger trains
! On many roads over which We have trsv-
eled. About three miles out we crossed
the iron bridge that spans Gtoas5scS
creek, the springfield pride Of Hsrdgm4 n
c0unty-tha abundant, sFiIL flowing, rcCE
confined waters ct which will drive tie
wafer wheels o. tn numerous mills aud
factories fhlt VII be erected on its pc
turesqUa banks q: 70 yCTy distant time in
The failure.
Eight niles OUT We passed the siiiag
that marks the point WLera the Panhandle
CONSTRUCTION Company took Ch1T@4 Of the
WORK. TIE place You'd be z fuG l1cE-
ion for town, as Il occupies EiEh
prairie Is. sufficiently rolling 10 drain in
almost guy direction, while The country
surrounding . on al sides is comD0sed
If lie agricultural lends, some % whicl
Is llgESdg II cultivation, as several fields
OF Hae corn border On thc road, ami from
cur elevated position we could see many
more of those d2T6 green spots upOl the
lighter ground Ct mesquite grass o. the
prairie, indicating Otler growing fields OF
that staple crop, and here and there dag
outs and small box houses can be seen,
indicative Of the fGc, inst pioneer settlers
have chosen this locality IS s f-vUr21.e
ono 10 which to make their homes.
Ei.It miles further OF VIC came 20
Kifh,gGj. This pisce il located s.miisc
10 the one me1ti0aed above, and VIII, g
some slime 70 doubt, be covered By
prosperous tom, though 1t presea. one
sllEll store constitutes the uuMJer OF
buildings il the plsca; but taa tide OF i'm
migration nov pouring 10 win soon settle
up the vast amount G! farm lands By
which l. Is surrounded, Gud this ia what
is required 70 make 8 town. This p ace
is some f5Cr or five miles south If the old
tO1-r q kirkland, On the MO5Jet.e stage
rood and is near the EarGeuau snd Chill
dress county line.
TIC country between Kirkland a-G
II my, the mex. gtG.i0u, mss iust enough
diversity in lis appearance 70 prevent It
from becoming modotGuOUs 20 the eye If
tie bahUldeF. It IS crossed 81 frequent
intervals Hy suGI streams fri1ged By q
growth Of elm and blackberry timber, and
boTde-ed Oh either side By pretty vallgva,
wAiIe the rolling prairie is studded ia
many places by circular clumps OF tiG-
bgl which mark those natural deDressioas
in the earth snd rocks, locally known Is
"gyQ sinks" Many OF these little groves
f2,m beautiful building sites for those
VINO love timber nEaT their dwellings.
Henry is located near the center ot
Chudress county; i. occupies 6 level
prairie void q any timber or brakes
There Is plenty Of room for good sized
town elsnOugi the depot building and
section house tCg Their with few tents
are ali the buildings that have yet been
erected.
About four miles from Henry, We
pc ssed Childress, the couaty seat Of the .
county. The town IS rather pICtuTesqaaly /
located Upon 4 rolling prairie, high and I
dry, GTGiucd by several branches leading 1
Of 10 the west and north, There are /
perhaps twenty buildings, Including dug /
outs, in the place, the nest prominent I
among them beng the courthouse which /
aas Just recently been completed. Il is q /
CDg-s.ory building, 30zG0 feet, ard pre- /
SCENTS quite large appearance when con
.rsSsed with other houses in the place.
Between CailGrgss and Red river, 8 dis
-anCG of some seven or eight miles, the
country for the most pert IS broken, but
IS il IS well waterei By Baylor and Noun
ain creeks, end is covered with q good
5TOWth Of grass it affords good winter
'ange for stock.
After crossing the river and passing
through g narrow belC of sand hills the
Dad runs through fine scope of coun-
ry consisting of broad prairie f It,, iatel-
ected by grass covered hills. II is ia
his scope Of country, upon en ample val
ey, surrounded by picturesque hills, that
he station of Salisbury IS located. II is
\ Hall county, and is likely to make q
cry good town Whcn the country once
settled. a depot building is
lGieT process o. construction and will
ool be completed
From this poils on 70 Clarendon The
ouutry presents very much the same
dld taken altogether is Is
lae IS person could wish to see.
Al Giles, OIL EUCk creek, the company
rave JUS completed the digging Of .
veil sixteen feet square Gnd fifty feet
.eeD to supply their engines with water.
The water stands some six feet deep in
he we'll and is of good quality, coz
siniDg 20 gypsum or other substance
aat will detTact from its value for use in
ne engines, or make it dissgreeeble TO
re taste or unhealthy for drinking pur.
oscs.
About / o'clock we stopped at Lelia, To-
ated near WorI2y lake and the pretty
esidence of Judge Brown Of Donley .
0unty. We expected to take dinner at
his point, ss the boarding cars had been {
tstioned here for some time, but we
'ere disappointed upon arriving to find
lat it had moved cut that morning to
lsrcndon, seven miles further on Our
ppetite, however, hsd been so worked S
p by absence Of breakfast and expecta-
OBS to proceed any further without
1nethiDg to satisfy its cravings, so we s
Ut down from our comfortable observa-
Try, and in company with Mr.. Mst Wells, q
e station agent Ct QIanah, who shared c